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Allowing for Student Choice during Writing,
The value of having a teacher model
Back from vacation! Time to get serious about my new classroom! I'll have a brand new set of 6-8th graders joining me at the end of this month, and I need to excite them about the reader's and writer's workshops I'll be guiding them through.
I have three bulletin boards in my new classroom. The next three posts will share what I'm planning to put on them!
The bulletin board closest to my desk will share some "back history" about me as a reader, so they can have an idea of what it means to have a "reading portfolio." I racked my brain in June to remember what my favorite books were back when I was in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade; I decided to rack it even harder and think about 5th grade and 9th grade too. I am creating a 4' x 4' bulletin board called "MR. H's READING PORTFOLIO." It will share cover art and personal memories of the books from those years that had the most impact on me as a blossoming reader. I will be expecting my students to read independently this year, and at the end of each year be able to discuss which new books they've read that have had the most impact on them. Perhaps they'll write about/discuss the novels we read as a whole class, but I'll be more pleased if they find their independent novel choices the source of their inspiration. I want my bulletin board to help them see that I expect them to seek independent novels.
So...here are links to my five mini-posters that will decorate my "MR. H's READING PORTFOLIO" bulletin board.
Questions? Comments? I'd love to hear from you.
Next stop: creating my "TRAIT OF THE MONTH" bulletin board for September! I will post pictures soon!
--Corbett
